Solubility of Ta in the system CaCO3 - Ca(OH)2 - NaTaO3 - NaNbO3 ± F at 0.1 GPa: Implications for the crystallization of pyrochlore-group minerals in carbonatites

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 981-990

  Kjarsgaard, Bruce A ^a   Mitchell, Roger H ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental petrology; Haplocarbonatitic melt; Microlite; Pyrochlore; Ta solubility

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; METALLIC GLASS; MINERALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; PETROGRAPHY; SODIUM; SOLUBILITY; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TRANSITION METALS;

EXPERIMENTAL PETROLOGY; HAPLOCARBONATITIC MELT; MICROLITE; PYROCHLORE; TA SOLUBILITY;

TANTALUM;

CALCITE; CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PEROVSKITE; PYROCHLORE; SOLUBILITY; TANTALUM;

NIOBIA; TANTALIA;

EID: 56649115790     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.4.981     Document Type: Article

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